Monday, January 11, 2010

Zoho Notebook – An Online Weightless Notebook A powerful tool for creating, collecting, and sharing information

Imagine yourself carrying a notebook or a folder of contents where ever you go! You need not do that any more. You can simply have a Zoho Notebook. You can access the Notebook by using a Zoho/ gmail/ yahoo account. Zoho Notebook is completely free to use.

What is Zoho Notebook?

It is an online web application tool offered by Zoho (www.zoho.com). It allows a user to create notebook(s) which can be filled with various different types of content. A notebook is like a folder in which we can create pages, sections

What type of content can be filled[a1] in the Notebook?

  • Word documents and excel sheets can be created in Zoho and also can be added(uploaded) from web or your PC
  • Text, URL, HTML , RSS feed, presentations can be added
  • Files can be uploaded from internet or your own PC
  • audio and video can be recorded on Zoho itself and can be added, shared or published
  • Images can be uploaded
  • Drawings can be created

What can you do in Zoho Notebook?

  • Organise the content in a logical format by making different notebooks.
  • Add multiple pages within a notebook
  • Share an entire notebook, individual pages, or specific objects (such as images)
  • Offer either editing or read-only privileges while sharing with others
  • Publish notebooks and pages i.e. offer it to all online users
  • Integrate with other Zoho Applications like Zoho Writer, Sheet, Show and Chat
  • Restore deleted notebooks from the Trash bin
  • Print notebook pages
  • Find notebooks or pages with the help of search engine in the Not
  • The following is a snapshot of the GUI of Zoho Notebook

  • Web page added as a page in a Notebook

    What’s in it for me?

    Teachers can:

    · organize lesson plans that involve multiple web components

    · organize material based on week, semester, or subject

    · select only the parts of a website that s/he would like to use for their students

    · share their notebook with their students possibly in a computer lab

    Students can:

    · get simple instruction or examples from their teacher

    · take notes on Notebooks during the lectures and use these notes to review

    · work on group projects by sharing each other’s notebooks.

    · organize most of their assignments

    · use the notebook for collecting and storing relevant references from the web

    Want to take a tour?

    View the following demo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfJFBcF_6cE&feature=player_embedded#t=11

    If you want to have a online Notebook, then visit the website http://notebook.zoho.com today !!!



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